{"id":8123,"date":"2010-03-24T20:59:22","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T20:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=8123"},"modified":"2010-03-24T21:07:40","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T21:07:40","slug":"james-cameron-vs-glenn-beck-avatar-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2010\/03\/24\/james-cameron-vs-glenn-beck-avatar-blu-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"James Cameron vs Glenn Beck"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Director James Cameron<\/a><\/strong> had some strong words for Fox News<\/a> host Glenn Beck<\/a><\/strong> yesterday calling him a “fu**ing a**hole” and a “madman”.<\/p>\n

At a press event for the home entertainment launch of Avatar in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Cameron let rip when asked about Beck:<\/p>\n

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\u201cGlenn Beck is a f***ing a**hole. I’ve met him. He called me the anti-Christ, and not about Avatar. He hadn’t even seen Avatar yet. I don’t know if he has seen it.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Hollywood Reporter has noted<\/a> that Cameron’s beef with Beck goes back to 2007 when the talk show host was working for CNN and criticised<\/a> the Cameron-produced documentary ‘The Lost Tomb of Jesus<\/a>‘ by saying:<\/p>\n

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“Many people believe James Cameron officially has tossed his hat in the ring today and is officially running for anti-Christ.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Cameron was less than thrilled with Beck’s comments:<\/p>\n

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“He’s dangerous because his ideas are poisonous. I couldn’t believe when he was on CNN. I thought, what happened to CNN? Who is this guy? Who is this madman? And then of course he wound up on Fox News, which is where he belongs, I guess.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He later backtracked a little saying:<\/p>\n

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“You know what, he may or may not be an a**hole, but he certainly is dangerous, and I’d love to have a dialogue with him.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Interestingly, both men have made a lot of money for Rupert Murdoch<\/a> as Avatar was mostly funded and released by 20th Century Fox whilst Beck is one of the stars of Fox News.<\/p>\n

In the same session Cameron also attacked climate change deniers:<\/p>\n

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“Anybody that is a global warming denier at this point in time has got their head so deeply up their ass I’m not sure they could hear me.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The environmental themes of Avatar are forming a big part of its home video release, a point which Cameron was keen to emphasise:<\/p>\n

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“Look, at this point I’m less interested in making money for the movie and more interested in saving the world that my children are going to inhabit. How about that? I mean, look, I didn’t make this movie with these strong environmental anti-war themes in it to make friends on the right, you know.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The DVD and Blu-ray release date for Avatar is April 22nd, which is also Earth Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

> Avatar<\/a> at the IMDb
> Find out more about James Cameron<\/a> and Glenn Beck<\/a> at Wikipedia
> Pre-order the Avatar Blu-ray<\/a> or DVD<\/a> from Amazon UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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